Margaret Thatcher 1925-2013

Margaret Hilda Thatcher as the Conservative candidate for Dartford, Kent, and before she married husband Denis.

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24th January 1950: When not engaged in her political work in Dartford (Kent) where she is standing as Tory candidate, Miss Margaret Roberts, youngest candidate for the general election, is busy with her work as a research chemist.

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In this April 9, 1975 file photo, former California Governor Ronald Reagan presents a silver dollar medallion to Opposition Leader Margaret Thatcher when he visited her office at the House of Commons in London.

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In a Feb. 4, 1975 file photo, Margaret Thatcher gets a kiss from her husband Denis in London, Feb. 4, 1975, after she had come out on top with 130 votes in the first round of the election for the Conservative party leadership.

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November 1976: Conservative party leader Margaret Thatcher makes a ‘victory’ sign outside her home in Chelsea, London.

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Britain’s Conservative Party leader, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, takes a stroll through the grounds of Scotney Castle in Kent, England, where she is a tenant of a National Trust flat, with her husband Denis, and their twins Mark and Carol, in photographed in March 1979.

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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis arrive in India for an official visit, April 1981.

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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher with her Indian counterpart Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984) in the latter’s office in Delhi, April 1981.

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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher during an official visit to India, 20th April 1981.

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This is a June 9, 1983 photo of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leaving the Castle lane, Westminster, London England polling station with her husband, Dennis, after casting their votes in the general election .

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Soviet Politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev shakes hands with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Chequers on December 16, 1984.

A picture dated June 25, 1984 shows then French President Frana§ois Mitterrand welcoming British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she arrives at the Fontainebleau castle to attend a two days summit of the European Economic Community leaders aimed at reaching a decision on Britain’s budget contribution.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, circa 1985.

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October 1985: British prime minister Margaret Thatcher looking pensive at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.

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In this Feb. 20, 1985 file photo, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets with her friend and political ally President Ronald Reagan during a visit to the White House in Washington.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher shares a joke with American President Ronald Reagan, at No. 10 Downing Street, London.

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A picture dated October 23, 1985 shows then US President Ronald Reagan holding bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stands in a British tank during a visit to British forces in Fallingbostel, some 70 miles south of Hamburg, Germany.

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In this July 18, 1987 file photo, President Ronald Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz look on as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher reads a statement outside the White House in Washington.

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British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on the campaign trail at a farm in Kent, circa 1987.

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In a June 20, 1988 photo, Economic Summit leaders, from left, President Ronald Reagan, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl follow British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher into a courtyard at Hart House in Toronto.

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A picture dated July 4, 1990 shows South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress member Nelson Mandela shaking hands with then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the steps of No 10 Downing Street.

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev at the British Embassy in Paris, 20th November 1990.

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Margaret Thatcher makes a statement to reporters as Denis Thatcher listens, as she leaves No. 10 Downing Street, Westminster in a Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1990 file photo, for Buckingham Palace where she will resign as Prime Minister to Queen Elizabeth II.

A file picture dated on 22 August 1998 shows Spanish King Juan Carlos I with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during an audience at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain.

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A file picture dated on 09 June 2004 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher touching the casket of former American President Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, as Reagan’s body lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA.

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is greeted by former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she arrives at Thatcher’s 80th birthday celebrations at the Mandarin hotel in London in this October 13, 2005 file photo.

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A picture dated June 17, 2007 shows then British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arriving to attend a Falklands War commemoration Horseguards Parade in London.

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Lady Margaret Thatcher walks with Chelsea pensioners (L-R) John Walker, Charles McLaughlin, David Pultney and John Ley during a photocall for the announcement of the naming of the new firmary at the Royal Chelsea Hospital on February 14, 2008 in London, England.

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A picture dated December 3, 2008 shows Baroness Margaret Thatcher at the State Opening of Parliament in London.

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Former British premier Margaret Thatcher (R) meeting briefly with Pope (L) Benedict XVI at the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter’s square, Vatican City in 2009.